[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thank you very much, Magnus ! > This is the answer I had been waiting for: > >>A problem as I see it today, is that this behaviour is >>not actively encouraged. The tutorial, which is maintained >>and updated, still describes old style classes, and the >>old division behaviour. > > > My main point was/is: why is there not more discussion about "true > division" !!?
You are about three years too late for the discussion. It was debated to death when Guido proposed that Python should behave more like non-programmers expected it to. Despite some fierce opposition this view eventually held sway, and now long-time Pythonistas accept it as the way forward. So basically most people saw your question and probably thought "enough, already!". > Just like the second answer to my posting clearly showed: > PEOPLE THINK TRUE DIVISION IS "ONLY IN MATLAB" !! > > As you pointed out: the "true division" part of "Python3000" might be > one of the "scariest" and should therefore be pointed out already in > the tutorial !! (It would look quite ugly to newcomers, though) > > Having said that: I would vote against EVER introducing true division > as default - because it will just PISS too many (long time python) > people OFF. ;-) > I think you underestimate the power of the Python community to adapt to change when it's necessary for the long-term benefit of the language. > Thanks, > Sebastian Haase > [...] regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC www.holdenweb.com PyCon TX 2006 www.python.org/pycon/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
